Following their loss to defending National Champion Baylor in the Quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on March 9, the Kansas State Women’s Basketball team had a long time to wait and see if they would be playing again. With Selection Monday for the NCAA Tournament 10 days away, K-State had plenty of time to wonder if the Big 12 would get enough teams into the Big Dance even though they would not be one of them. Usually, Wildcat fans don’t get excited when good things happen to the University of Kansas but when the Jayhawks became the league’s seventh…
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) Country music star Toby Keith has been announced as the latest act in this year’s Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. The Hutchinson News reports the “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” and “American Soldier” singer is slated to perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at the U.S. Cellular Grandstand. Ticket prices range from $20 to $100. Keith joins a lineup that already includes Kansas, the Eli Young Band, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers with Billy Dean, and Jars of Clay.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A man convicted in 2011 in the death of a 58-year-old woman has died at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Roger Hollister, 61, died Wednesday at the prison. Jeremy Barclay, spokesman for the Kansas Department of Corrections, said the prison couldn’t immediately release details about the circumstances surrounding Hollister’s death because family members were still being notified. Hollister was serving a life sentence without parole for the first-degree murder of Patricia Kimmi of rural Horton. She disappeared in November 2009, and her remains weren’t found until May 2010. Hollister was convicted of…
MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. (AP) A judge has sentenced an inmate to about 11 years for escaping from the Ottawa County jail. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says in a release that Drew Edward Wade, 22, of Topeka was sentenced to 136 months after pleading guilty to the escape charge in January. Wade was ordered to serve the 11-year sentence consecutively to the seven years he’s serving for previous convictions in Shawnee County. Wade and four other inmates escaped from the Ottawa jail in April 2012. A second inmate, Eric James, was sentenced in July to 18 years in federal prison for…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas State Board of Education has sent a letter to Gov. Sam Brownback and state legislators reminding them of the board’s authority to set state education standards. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the brief letter doesn’t mention specific measures before state lawmakers, but asks that legislators respect the board’s “constitutional responsibility for the general supervision of schools, which includes accrediting schools, providing for academic standards and the licensure of teachers.” The letter was signed by board chairwoman Jana Shaver on behalf of the board. Shaver says the purpose of the letter was to clarify the board’s…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An emotional crowd gathered for a House committee hearing on a measure that seeks to repeal a statute allowing in-state tuition for Kansas students without legal residency. The measure would repeal a statute that allows students who graduate from Kansas high schools and have lived in Kansas for at least three years to pay in-state tuition at state universities and community colleges, regardless of residency status. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Secretary of State Kris Kobach told the committee Wednesday that natives of foreign countries who seek student visas to attend Kansas universities pay out-of-state tuition. The biggest…
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) An eastern Kansas sheriff who is facing criminal charges says he will resign after the end of the month. The Kansas City Star reports Franklin County Sheriff Jeffry Curry announced Thursday through his attorney that he will be leaving office effective April 1. That prompted the county prosecutor’s office to announce a petition to remove Curry from office will be dismissed April 2. Curry and deputy Jerrod Fredricks are charged with one felony count of interference with law enforcement for allegedly providing false information to investigators. Curry also is facing a misdemeanor official misconduct charge accusing him…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Senate has given final approval to a $14 billion budget for the next fiscal year that starts July 1. Thursday’s 24-16 vote sends the measure to the House, which approved its own budget bill Wednesday. Negotiators from the two chambers are expected to begin meeting next week to work out a final version. Both bills generally follow spending recommendations laid out by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. Each would spend some $6 billion in general state revenues and $8 billion from federal funds and other sources. Budget committee leaders hope to finish work on a reconciled…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas lawmakers have dropped their pursuit of a proposal to narrow the topics permitted in contract negotiations between teachers and school districts. House Commerce Committee Chairman Marvin Kleeb confirmed Thursday his committee won’t vote this year on a bill on teacher bargaining rights. The measure would reduce the issues that teachers’ groups could negotiate with local school boards. Teachers could still bargain on matters like pay and sick leave, but no longer on how they are evaluated. Kleeb, an Overland Park Republican, said groups representing teachers, administrators and school boards will try to work out a compromise…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Karen Hibbard, Vice-President for the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as Director of Convention and Visitors Bureau. [mp3-jplayer]